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Paul Diaz moves from Public Interest Registry to CleanDNS
Diaz joins company that aims to rid the DNS of abuse. Paul Diaz has joined CleanDNS as vice president of engagement. CleanDNS helps registries and…
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Russia says .aero domains were unfairly suspended
Russia is asking ICANN to intervene after it says the .aero registry unfairly suspended domain registration for organizations in the Russian Federation. .Aero is a…
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ICANN sends breach notices to family of six domain registrars
Six registrars are breaching their contract with ICANN. ICANN sent breach notices to six domain name registrars yesterday. The organization sent breach notices to MAFF…
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Chinese registrars back in trouble after porn UDRP suspension
A collection of six registrars in the XZ.com stable are back on the ICANN naughty step, facing more Compliance action just a couple of years…
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Google just dealt another blow to domain name parking
New ad accounts must opt-in for their ads to show on parked pages. Domain name parking (or what’s left of it) just took another hit.…
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Coachella wins a cybersquatting dispute that was really a trademark dispute
A panelist ordered a legitimate non-profit’s domain name transferred. The Coachella music festival has won a dispute it filed under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute…
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An interview with Shane Cultra
Shane Cultra is very well known in the domain industry, Shane recently joined D3 working in Business Development and Partnerships. I wanted to get some…
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$50,000 .io sale tops end user domain name sales
.Io domains top Sedo’s sales this week. Sedo’s top two public sales this week were .io domain names. A sports marketing company paid $50,000 for…
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Sedo weekly sales led by Fan.io
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Fan.io led the way at $50,000. Med.io right behind at 33,864 Euro, ($37,391). Oys.com was the top…
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Cannabis company tries reverse domain name hijacking
Panel agrees with domain owner that the case was filed in bad faith. A UDRP panel has ruled that Cronos Group, a Canadian cannabis company,…
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ICA opens nominations for new Trailblazer Award
New award to recognize company or individual that significantly advanced the domain industry. Internet Commerce Association has opened nominations for a new award dubbed the…
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Sav applies for patent for AI-powered website builder
Application describes a way of generating a website and suggesting a domain using AI. Domain name registrar Sav.com has applied for a patent titled “Systems…
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Sataki quits ICANN board
Katrina Sataki has abruptly resigned from the ICANN board of directors. In a letter last week to the ICANN brass and to the Country Code…
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Microsoft switches two gTLDs from GoDaddy to Nominet
Microsoft has moved two of its branded gTLDs from GoDaddy’s registry back-end to Nominet’s. Records show that .skype and .office both recently made the switch.…
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ICANN homes in on new gTLD application fee
ICANN has narrowed down the expected application fee for the next round of new gTLDs, and while it’s towards the lower end of previous guidelines,…